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Competitive Advantage in the Irish Indigenous Software Industry and the Role of Inward Foreign Direct Investment

Eoin O'Malley Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Colm O'Gorman University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
Pages 303-321 | Published online: 02 Jul 2010

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